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Garumna
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Latin
Alternative forms
la Garonna
Etymology
Probably from la cel-gau *garunda shallows, riverbank or "rough, grassy," from la cel-pro *garwos << la ine-pro *ǵʰer- to bristle. Or, possibly from an la xaq - hydronym meaning "stony river."
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Garumna<1> m
right|thumb|la flumen Garumna la Tolosa Tōlōsae
One of the longest rivers in France, the Garonne
la Caesar Bello Gallico 1 Gallōs ab Aquītānīs Garumna flūmen, ā Belgīs Mātrona et Sēquana dīvidit. The river Garonne separates the Gauls from the Aquitanians, the Marne and the Seine from the Belgians.
Declension
Garumna<1>
Descendants
ca Garona
fr Garonne
1 grc Γαρούνας Γαρύνας
oc Garona
References
Taylor, Isaac (1898): Names and Their Histories: A Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature
Further reading
la Rivers